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Recent Examples of riverfront
After an 18-month-long process and more than half a million dollars, Westfield has a draft comprehensive plan that includes ideas for development along trails, potential new riverfront districts (yes, really) and areas where the city's historically rural character will be preserved.
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Jake Allen, IndyStar, 11 Mar. 2026
East Hartford got a boost when the state committed $6 million toward converting the 111 Founders Plaza office tower into apartments, the centerpiece of the ambitious Port Eastside proposal to make the town’s riverfront a popular entertainment and residential hub.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
The Longs have also spent $52 million on their Riverside practice facility and surrounding development, with plans for an eventual $1 billion mixed-use real estate development along the riverfront in Kansas City near CPKC Stadium.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced a popular midtown business is expanding to fill the old riverfront Rio City Cafe site, which suddenly closed in 2024 in a dispute with the city.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Jake Allen, IndyStar, 11 Mar. 2026
East Hartford got a boost when the state committed $6 million toward converting the 111 Founders Plaza office tower into apartments, the centerpiece of the ambitious Port Eastside proposal to make the town’s riverfront a popular entertainment and residential hub.
—Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
The Longs have also spent $52 million on their Riverside practice facility and surrounding development, with plans for an eventual $1 billion mixed-use real estate development along the riverfront in Kansas City near CPKC Stadium.
—Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 5 Mar. 2026
Sacramento Mayor Kevin McCarty announced a popular midtown business is expanding to fill the old riverfront Rio City Cafe site, which suddenly closed in 2024 in a dispute with the city.
—Steve Large, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for riverfront
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Notably, these brands have prioritized the Thonburi riverside over traditional central Bangkok locations, with IconSiam functioning as a global business and lifestyle hub and reflecting Siam Piwat’s success in repositioning Thonburi to stand alongside established prime districts.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
25 Mar. 2026
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Originally known as Dorestad, the riverside was a vital trading hub between the 7th and 9th centuries that linked the Scandinavian world to the north and Frankish world (present-day central Germany) to the south.—
Andrew Paul,
Popular Science,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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The theatre is located on the town’s waterfront.—
Ryan Brennan
April 3,
Sacbee.com,
3 Apr. 2026
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For the past 10 years, the hedge funder has poured $450 million into a 50,000-square-foot waterfront compound in Palm Beach County, which, when finished, will be the most expensive residence on the planet, according to the New York Post.—
Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez,
Fortune,
2 Apr. 2026
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In the video, Samba is seen sunbathing on the riverbank in Twyford.—
Samantha Agate,
Kansas City Star,
30 Mar. 2026
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The most vivid sighting came from Claudie Paddick, a local dog walker who filmed Samba sunbathing on the riverbank in Twyford before taking a dip in the River Itchen last Sunday.—
Samantha Agate,
Miami Herald,
30 Mar. 2026
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The resort stands in a prime oceanfront position on the southern edge of pretty San José del Cabo, just a 20 minutes’ drive from Los Cabos International Airport and 5 minutes from the artsy town center itself.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
31 Mar. 2026
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Art and oceanfront living converge in this 7,000-square-foot Hamptons estate, perched on nearly two acres of prime beachfront property overlooking Mecox Beach in Bridgehampton.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
25 Mar. 2026
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The shorefront is lined with some 400 buildings, including high-rise hotels and villas that can accommodate around 20,000 guests, according to North Korean state media.—
Se Eun Gong,
NPR,
5 July 2025
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The private wooded parcel sits on 15.7 acres with 785 feet of shorefront on Pretty Marsh Harbor.—
Emma Reynolds,
Forbes.com,
25 June 2025
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“Riverfront.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/riverfront. Accessed 5 Apr. 2026.
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